Photographer

Edward H. Peeples

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Date of Photograph

1962-1963

Description

Worsham High School and Elementary School for whites on secondary road 665 in Worsham, Prince Edward County, Va. Side view looking west. Built in 1928, it initially served grades 1-12 and had a pupil capacity of 300. It was later used only as an elementary school. Handsome brick construction with two canneries on the grounds. It had indoor plumbing and either steam or hot water heat.

Name of School

Worsham High School and Elementary School

Other School Name

Worsham Elementary School

Type of School

elementary schools; high schools

Demographic Served

Whites

Corporate Name Subject

Worsham High School and Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.); Worsham Elementary School (Prince Edward County, Va.)

Topical Subject

Schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; Elementary schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; High schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; Public schools -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works; School buildings -- Virginia -- Prince Edward County -- History -- Pictorial works

Geographic Subject

Prince Edward County (Va.)

City/Location

Worsham (Va.)

County

Prince Edward County (Va.)

Original Image Medium

Black and white negative

Original Image Size

6 x 9 cm.

Genre

photographs

Local Genre

photograph

Type

Still Image

Digital Format

image/jpg

Language

eng

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection

Edward H. Peeples Prince Edward County (Va.) Public Schools

File Name

pec028a.jpg

Source

Worsham High School and Elementary School, Worsham, Va., 1962-1963, Edward H. Peeples, Jr. papers, M 68 and M 342, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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